Update On Campbell River’s Master Transportation Plan

There has been an update on Campbell River’s Master Transportation Plan.

The MTP includes an updated action plan, which reflects additional feedback gathered from City Council and the community.

The Action Plan lays out short, medium, and long-term priorities for one to three, four to seven, and eight to ten years, respectively.
Costs, ease of implementation, staff capacity and anticipated levels of support from impacted neighbourhoods were considered when prioritizing the items listed in the plan.

The report focused on short-term priorities and will be used to inform 2026 Financial Planning deliberations.

Highlights include a new sidewalk on 2nd Avenue and 7th Avenue, and new connections on 9th Avenue and Pinecrest Road, along with neighbourhood bikeways on Birch Street, the Thulin/Murphy/Galerno corridor, and Cheviot Road.

Also, multi-use pathways get a boost with connections from McPhedran to 4th Ave (behind Carihi) and the Strathcona Gardens connector, transit enhancements focused along the Dogwood corridor, additional connection to Highway 19 at either Evergreen Road or Merecroft Road.

There are also updates to bicycle parking requirements, the Traffic Management Policy, the downtown parking study, and EV charging network analysis.

Also from Campbell River Council, councillors have approved the Quinsam Heights Transportation and Growth Infrastructure Study, which stems from work that’s being done to update the Master Transportation Plan.

The study will allow the City to explore options for responding to current and future transportation needs in the Quinsam Heights area.

The first phase of the study will be a technical review to assess if Petersen Road could accommodate the continued growth that’s projected for Quinsam Heights.

The City anticipates that this phase of the study will be complete by the end of the year and would then be presented to Council for consideration.

A second phase of the study would look at options to increase the capacity of the road network to address transportation needs.

As part of this, the feasibility of upgrading the Elk River Timber corridor as a multimodal road that would accommodate vehicle traffic and a separate multi-use pathway for pedestrians and cyclists between 14th Avenue and Evergreen Road would be explored.

Read the full Council and Committee of the Whole meeting highlights at City of Campbell River.

Or watch the webcasts.